Stud-base for garment-supporters.



B. F. OREWILER.

STUD BASE FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1914.

1,15,107, Patented Sept. 7', 1915.

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UNITED sT Es' PATENT oFrroE.

"BENJAMIN F. onnwrLER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

S'ITlD-BASE FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Application filed November 12, 1914;. Serial No. 871,709.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ORE- winnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stud-Bases for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates'to a combined base andshank for receiving a stud used in conjunction with garment support: ing devices.

The objects of the present invention are to form the base and shank from a single piece of metal, and so arrange the parts comprising the sameas to allow them to be produced by a single stamping operation, and to so arrange the shank as to permit the stud to be placed thereon after the base and shank have been formed, whereby in order to make the completed device but two operations are necessary.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the shank that when, the stud has been placed thereon it cannot be pulled off or displaced.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the shank as to have it spaced away from the walls of the central opening in the stud, at the intermediate portions thereof, so as to in nowise impair in use the resilient property of the stu The invention further consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the completed article of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing in full lines the stud in position upon the shank and base and in dotted lines the stud being inserted upon the shank; Fig. 3 is aperspective of the device of the present invention; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank forming such base or shank.

The present invention, as stated, relates to an attachment used in conjunction with garment supporters, and as is well known in the art, there is employed in conjunction with garment supporters a metal plate, known as a stud base, to which is afiixed in a suitable manner a tape which in turn is joined by a suitable connection to the web bing ofa garment supporter. A shank or stem extends upwardly from this base, and upon this shank or stem is placed a stud or Specification of Letters Patent.

and the said clasp works in conjunction with the stud to grip the garment between it and the stud and so hold the garment in place. All of the foregoing is well known in the art and it is not deemed necessary to illustrate or describe it in connection with the present invention.

The present inventiondeals with a method of forming a base and shank of the type above referred to, whereby the production of this portion of the garment supporter is rendered cheap and simple, and at the same time the device fulfils all of the requirements for a practical device of this nature. The base and stem of the present invention is formed from a single piece of metal 5, which isblanked out by a die toproduce a slotted head 6 and a slotted head 7 which are adapted to receive the tape used in conjunction with such devices and may therefore be termed tape receiving members. These members are connected together by a relatively narrow strip or web 8, and extending upwardly in opposite directions from opposite sides this web are arms 9 and 10, each of which terminate in an enlarged end 11. These arms 9 and 10 extend upwardly from said web fromopposite sides thereof, and from the point of juncture of said arms with said web, and are spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of said web.

The arrangement of the die, which cuts the foregoing described blank is such that by the same operation which it cuts out the blank, it bends the arms 9 and 10 upwardly from the web 8, as in Figs. 2 and 3, so that one operation of the die forms the complete article, these arms converge toward one another and are brought together as at 12 thus forming an inverted V-shaped portion. Each of the arms, is, as shown, somewhat enlarged at their extremities, and the enlarged ends are spread outwardly and away from one another in forming the device, producing a head 13, which together with the arms form a shank, as will'be seen by referring to Figs. 2 and 3. After this single die operation has been completed, all that is required in order to complete the device is to slip a stud or button 1 1 over the shank. This is readily accomplished by placing the button in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and slipping it down over the shank, whereby said shank lies within the opening 15 of the stud, and said opening, as shown, is slightly enlarged as at 16 to receive the head 13 of the shank.

It will, from the drawings, be seen that when the button is inserted upon the shank the walls of the opening through the button will be engaged by the arms at 17 and 18. The point of engagement 17 being at the base of the button, and the point of engagement 18 being at the top, and intermediate these points the wallsof such openings are spaced away from the side faces of the arms. This is a desirable feature, since it does not impair the resilient property of the button, it being capable of free compression under the influence of the garment clasp cooperating therewith. If the construction of the arms were such that they engaged the walls of the opening in the button, from the top to the bottom thereof, obviouslyall the resiliency the stud or button would have, would be due to the compressible natureof the composition, and its degree of yieldability would be impaired by the presence of the rigid arms. In the present construction the shank being spaced away from the walls of the opening through the stud, the stud not only has the resiliency due to its composition, but is also capable of being drawn inward and around the shank, thus giving to the stud or but-' ton all Of the compressibility and elasticity possible, and as is well known such compressibility enables the clamp to cooperate with the stud in a manner to more efficiently grip the garment therebetween. The resiliency of the stud is, of course, not sufficient to allow any separation of the stud and clasp.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a device of the class specified has been produced, which is extremely cheap and simple of construction, which serves to firmly hold the button or stud in place when the same is affixedthereto, and which permits of the desired resiliency of the stud during use.

I claim:

A device of the class described, comprising a base formed of a single piece of metal and consisting of oppositely disposed tape receiving portions connected by a relatively narrow Web, arms extending upwardly from opposite sides of said web and spaced apart a distance at their lower ends approximately equal to the width of the web, said arms extending in converging relation to one another to a point adjacent the upper ends thereof to produce a portion of the inverted V-shaped formation and bent outwardly from the upper terminus of said inverted V- shaped portion to provide a head, a compressible button inserted over said arms, said button having an axial bore therethrough, the walls of said bore being spaced away from the side faces of the arms to allow a free compression of the button, and said head serving to hold the button in position,

substantially as described.

BENJAMIN F. OREWILER. Witnesses:

R. J. SUNDBERG, H. A. KELLER.

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